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occupant is the senior member of the Cabinet. Mr. 

 Bayard was born at Wilmington, Delaware, in 1828, 

 so that when we were at Washington he was in his 

 sixtieth year. Originally trained for a mercantile 

 career, he subsequently, like most prominent Ameri- 

 can statesmen, adopted the legal profession. He 

 was called to the bar in 1 851, and practised for many 

 years in his native city. Later in life he was elected 

 Senator for Delaware, and continued to be so with 

 sundry breaks till he became Secretary of State in 

 1885, when Mr. Cleveland was elected to the Presi- 

 dency by the Democrats. He then resigned his seat 

 in the Senate. Descended from a long line of 

 ancestors, numbered among the gallant knights and 

 courtiers conspicuous in the wars of France during 

 the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Mr. Bayard 

 was a tall and statesmanlike-looking gentleman, who 

 bore a strong facial resemblance to Professor Faw- 

 cett. His manner was dignified, courteous, and pre- 

 possessing. Both at Washington and in later years 

 in this country he always addressed me as " Mr. 

 Willoughby." He was in every way what the 

 Americans term a ** lovable man." When Mr. 

 Grover Cleveland was elected as President for the 

 second time in 1893, he nominated Mr. Bayard to 

 proceed to this country as Ambassador. He was 



